Question

A bird drops a stick from the top of Miami Tower. The height of the stick after x seconds is given by f(x) = 625 - 16x^2.

Answer 1

ANSWER

The maximum value is 625

EXPLANATION

The height of the stick that the bird dropped is modeled by the function;

$f(x) = 625 - 16x^2$

This function is already in the vertex form.

Let me rewrite it clearly for you to see.

$f(x) = - 16(x - 0)^2 + 625$

When we compare this to;

$f(x)=a(x-h)^2+k$

we have h=0 and k=625.

k=625 is the y-value of the vertex.

This is the maximum value on the graph of this function.